I specialise in psychological assessments of adolescents and adults from the age of 14 years and above. I have been carrying out psychological assessments for the civil courts since 2008. My specialist areas of expertise include the assessment of: • General mental health • Trauma, PTSD and complex PTSD • Trauma following childhood abuse • Trauma with individuals seeking asylum • Trauma following injury or clinical negligence • Trauma and impact on mental health following criminal injury • Adult attachment, personality assessment, risk assessment, ...

I am a practising Chartered Clinical Psychologist offering expert witness and medical legal (personal injury) assessments to children, adolescents and families. I have expert witness experience in cases concerning child development, custody, contact, abuse (including sexual abuse), trauma (including RTA), fostering and adoption. Cases involving adults relating to specific issues of trauma or sexual violence may also be considered.

Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, with a specialist interest in urogynaecology Obstetrics - intra-partum care, anal sphincter injuries (OASI) • General and acute gynaecology - menstrual problems, pain, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy • Urogynaecology - pelvic floor repair, incontinence, prolapse

Age range: Adults, children and young people Quantum reports covering a wide range of injuries caused by accident or negligence, including: • Amputation • Brain injury • Chronic pain • Orthopaedics • Stroke • Visual impairment/sensory loss • Post-traumatic stress • Psychological conditions & depression, including epigenetic/unexplained trauma Report Types: • Quantum - wrongful birth • Care/case management • Care/occupational health • Loss of service • Occupational therapy/equipment

General urology • Adolescent urology • Reconstructive urology • My general urological practice is core & endourological work • I also provide reconstructive urology in both adults & adolescents, with some of my weekly clinical sessions undertaken at the regional children's hospital

The care and welfare of young people with socialisation, behavioural and emotional problems

Special interest in general practice, family planning, women’s health and medical education.

All benign gynaecology issues • All matters related to assisted conception • All matters related to reproductive medicine and surgery • All matters related to first trimester of pregnancy • Civil cases only I retired from clinical practice on the 1st of April 2024 and now am in full-time medico-legal practice. I am a medico-legal expert responsible to the Court. Whilst an NHS employee I acted for the Defence. In the last 3 years, I have been instructed 5 times by the Defence and 39 times by the Claimant solicitors.

Clinical obstetrics • Includes pre-pregnancy care, antenatal care, labour, birth, postpartum care • High- and low-risk pregnancy care • Childbirth injuries (newborn and maternal) Dr Buist divides his time between the UK and Australia.

FHC Experts for Law & Mediation is one of the leading providers of expert witnesses, giving opinions in forensic and legal matters, both in the UK and internationally. Since 1999 we have been providing a custom range of forensic expert witness services within the judicial system for all criminal and civil practice, including the police, family courts, defence solicitors and barristers, inquests and medical negligence to name but a few. We have one of the largest expert witness panels comprising of, but not limited to, medical, paediatric, psychological, psychiatric, technic...

Assessment of children & young people (3-25 years) with learning, emotional & behavioural difficulties • Preparation of detailed reports for family courts & appeals against Local Education Authority Education Act decisions • Submission of oral evidence • High court & tribunal experience • Experience as a single joint expert

Foetal medicine • Obstetrics • Maternal medicine • Pregnancy complications Instructions accepted via the Premex+ platform

Dr Lyall accepts instructions from both claimant and defendant law firms in clinical negligence and personal injury cases, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Addison’s disease • Adrenal nodules • Cushing’s disease • Diabetes • Diabetic complications • Diabetic foot • Endocrinology • Parathyroid gland disease • Phaeochromocytoma • Primary aldosteronism • Thyroid cancer • Thyroid disease

All aspects of adult nutrition & dietetics, with special knowledge of enteral & parenteral feeding • Nutritional requirements • Diet & bariatric surgery • Diet & gastrointestinal surgery • Therapeutic diets, e.g. diabetes, coeliac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, dysphagia

Child psychiatry • Adolescent psychiatry All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW .

Vulval, vaginal, cervical, uterine, tubal, ovarian, peritoneal cancer • Abnormal smears • Abnormal menstrual bleeding/periods • Endometriosis • Pelvic inflammatory disease • Sexually transmitted infections • Sexual offences in women • Post-operative complications arising from surgery for gynaecological problems • Post-operative complications arising from surgery for abnormally invasive placenta • Robotic surgery

Intellectual assessment of children & adults • Developmental & personality assessment • Assessment of emotional disturbance • Assessment of child abuse: physical, sexual, emotional • Assessing witness reliability & fitness to plead • Analysis of verbal, written & video evidence • Mental handicap • Crime & delinquency • Family assessment

Also consulting at 14 The Tything, Worcester, WR1 1HD. Medico-legal report writing (family, civil, crime) • Divorce & separation • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Medical negligence • Children & adolescents with neuro-developmental processing problems • Children & adolescents who are not fulfilling their potential • Child & adolescent mental health • Family problems & family mediation • Child development • Children & adolescents with educational problems • Care proceedings •...

General gynaecology • Surgical gynaecology • Early pregnancy • Fertility and IVF All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW.

Psychopathology & psychiatric disorders • Trauma sequelae (psychiatry, including personal injury) • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Personality disorder • Criminal responsibility (psychiatric assessment) • Fitness to plead (psychiatric assessment) • Dangerous & risk assessment (psychiatric) • Crime victims (psychiatry) • Offender assessment (psychiatric) • Witness assessment & testamentary capacity • Criminal behaviour • Child & family cases (custody cases) • Psychiatric care & rehabilitating • D...

• Urban street gangs; knife crime; youth crime; homicide • County lines and drug networks • Modern slavery and human trafficking • Exploitation and duress • Gang slang interpretation • Drill music interpretation • Lover boy scams - international drug trafficking • Motorcycle gangs

I provide clinical psychology expert witness reports for court in the areas of personal injury and medical negligence involving children and adolescents. The reports assess the impact of traumatic events on the psychological functioning of children, the nature of the injury suffered and give recommendations for treatment. I provide clinical psychology expert witness reports for court proceedings involving public and private legal cases involving the care and upbringing of children and adolescents.

I am an experienced expert witness, undertaking approximately 90 cases per year, primarily for children and young adults (birth to 25), and for adults where the index incident occurred in childhood. Testimony has involved matters of family dispute, Education Act, personal injury, clinical negligence, special educational needs and for the HCPC Tribunal Service. My particular areas of expertise include premature and low weight birth, infant or parental disability or death caused by clinical negligence, autism and complex neurodiversity, school non-attendance, trauma, bereavement, attachment and ...

Expert witness since 2023, instructed on over 60 cases with an equal claimant/defendant split • Experienced in full CPR 35-compliant reports, short form opinions and Early Notification Scheme reviews • Prepared reports for civil proceedings and regulatory cases including fitness to practise investigations • Experience also extends to Scottish, Welsh and Irish jurisdictions • Has provided oral evidence at inquest and is confident in giving evidence under cross-examination

Urological oncology • General adult urology All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW .

• Trauma, stress and medical psychology (including chronic pain) • Chair, British Psychological Society Expert Witness Advisory Group • Regularly instructed in complex and high-value claims; accepts instructions for personal injury, clinical negligence, immigration and employment cases • Approximately 100 expert reports per year (55% claimant, 40% defendant, 5% joint) • Assessment of children, adolescents and adults • CPR-compliant, meticulous, evidence-based assessments • Nationwide and remote assessments (Northern England, Lon...

Mr Stott’s clinical interests and expertise are in obstetrics, intrapartum care and maternal and foetal medicine.

Dr King specialises both in assessments of adults & children in the context of family proceedings & private law disputes, along with forensic issues (risk assessment, parole board reports, pre-sentencing reports, psychopathy assessments, veracity of evidence, fitness to plead & culpability). She also undertakes personal injury work in the context of criminal, family and private law disputes. This includes: • Capacity to conduct proceedings • Analysis of an Achieving Best Evidence Interview • Assessment of attachment in a family (parental & sibl...

Dr Gray accepts instructions from the Police, Crown Prosecution Service, defence solicitors and family solicitors, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Child sexual abuse • Child physical abuse • Forensic examination • Forensic medicine • Injury interpretation • Adult sexual assault • Adolescent sexual assault • Colposcopic recordings • Images of injuries

Core Expertise • Neurodiversity in public-sector and forensic contexts - 15 years’ experience working with neurodivergent adults and young people across police, prison, probation and regulatory settings. • Specialist focus on ADHD and autism and general neurodiversity, including long-term health conditions - assessment, differential diagnosis, behavioural formulation and prognostic opinion. Qualified to administer and interpret gold-standard autism diagnostic tools. • Causation and prognosis - clear, court-ready opinions on how neurodevelopme...

We have a team of 12 experts who prepare care and occupational therapy–quantum reports for: • Children and adults • Physical disabilities • Acquired brain injury • Spinal cord injuries • Cerebral palsy • Traumatic injuries • Autism and challenging behaviour

I was a police officer for 23.5 years, 17 of those years as a sergeant. I was a custody sergeant for 7 years, then proceeded to design and deliver custody officer training which gained national recognition and awards. I was head of the Cumbria police specialist training team, which delivered all custody, use of force and first aid training. As an expert witness, I have been engaged in over 600 cases. My main areas of work include: • Deaths and injuries in police custody • Use of force • Drink/drug driving custody procedures • Ligature d...

Ms Cockshaw accepts instructions from both claimant and defendant law firms in clinical negligence and personal injury cases, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Care management • Intrapartum care • Postnatal care • Pregnancy

We understand the need for a professional service and rapid timescales, within Legal Aid Agency guidelines. Our expert Psychologists and Psychiatrists can provide adult and child assessments within: • Public and private law proceedings • Pre-proceedings • Criminal proceedings • Court of Protection proceedings • Immigration proceedings • Personal injury • Clinical negligence Please contact us to make a referral, discuss your requirements or find out more about the services we can provide.

Gynaecological conditions: fibroids, adenomyosis, endometriosis, menstrual disorders, benign ovarian cysts/tumours, menopause, dyspareunia Outpatient/diagnostics: one-stop clinic (benign and urgent suspected cancer pathway), hysteroscopy, colposcopy, ultrasound, abnormal cervical smear Surgery: open and laparoscopic (keyhole), day-case, elective and emergency Pregnancy: early pregnancy scan, early complications (bleeding, miscarriage, ectopic, post-abortion) General and emergency obstetrics

Mr Malakasis accepts instructions from both claimant and defendant law firms in clinical negligence and personal injury cases, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Antenatal care • Caesarean section • Diabetic complications • Foetal monitoring • Gestational diabetes • Gynaecology • Maternal medicine • Obstetric emergencies • Obstetric trauma • Pre-eclampsia • Pregnancy • Reproductive health

Medico-legal assessments of children and young people and their families in public law (care proceedings - Single Joint Expert) • Medical negligence, negligence by public bodies, personal injury and coroner's inquests in children and young people • Reports in investigations by regulatory bodies • Youth offending: assessment for ADHD, autism, dangerousness, fitness to plead

Cerebral palsy - examining claimants with cerebral palsy aged 4-40, undertaking at least one cerebral palsy report a month. I continue to see children and adults with cerebral palsy in my treating practice, therefore for quantum reports am able to provide the court with an opinion of what is reasonably required lifelong in respect of dietetic treatment Acquired brain and spinal injury - paediatric and adult cases, artificial feeding, weight management, taste and smell impairment, endocrine conditions Liability reports - Wernick...

Paediatric oncology • Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) • Teenage and young adult (TYA) oncology • Paediatric palliative care • Clinical trials and oncology research • Medical education and consent All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW .

Dr Lowis accepts instructions from both claimant and defendant law firms in clinical negligence and personal injury cases, delivering clear, impartial and authoritative expert opinion on the following: • Neuro-oncology • Oncology • Paediatric ependymoma • Paediatric glioma • Paediatric oncology • Pharmacology of chemotherapy

Assessment & diagnosis of children, adolescents & young adults • Treatment of mental health problems • Expertise in the effects of personal injury & medical negligence • Neuropsychological assessment of brain injuries in children • Domiciliary visits also possible nationwide

Diagnosing and managing general medical conditions like hypertension, diabetes and respiratory illnesses • Endocrine disorders such as thyroid disorders, diabetes management, adrenal conditions and metabolic disorders All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW .

A Paediatrician and Psychotherapist experienced in working with young people and families, particularly with respect to child neglect and protection, family disturbance, substance abuse and domestic violence. A leading authority on adolescence and teen pregnancy and have worked with psychopathic personalities, disorders such as borderline personalities, learning disabilities and with children in situations of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, as well as factitious illness (Munchausen)-type syndromes. Also worked with refugees and asylum-seeking youth. I am regularly used by the cou...

An experienced educational psychologist with considerable and successful experience at carrying out a range of assessments to detect specific learning difficulties, including the effects of brain injury on a child's ability to learn. Qualified to conduct a range of psychometric tests with children and young people between the ages of 6 and 16. Able to assess a child's learning potential as well as those forms of teaching which will best help a child to learn.

All aspects of midwifery care including: • Low- and high-risk pregnancy, labour and birth • Hospital/community-based care of women/babies • High- and low-risk intrapartum care, including midwifery-led births, antenatal and postnatal care • Hospital and community-based delivery, management and care of women who have had instrumental/Caesarean section birth, including management of perineal trauma, stillbirth and foetal loss cases Prior experience as a Head of Midwifery, Risk and Governance Manager provides competence in complex cases across the entirety of the ma...

Urology • Urological surgery • Upper tract laparoscopy • Endo-urology • Core urology • Trans-urethral laser ablation • LA TP prostate biopsies • Special interest in renal cancer All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW .

Clinical negligence • Personal injury • Life expectancy • Work tribunals

Diagnosing and managing acute medical conditions like sepsis, acute heart failure and respiratory distress • Endocrine disorders such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, adrenal conditions and metabolic bone diseases All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW .

I am an expert in: 1. Any medico-legal opinion relating to urology 2. Urological symptoms secondary to an accident 3. Breach of duty and causation relating to medical negligence. I have provided an opinion for both defendant and claimant.

All areas of midwifery: inpatient, outpatient, community, low-risk, high-risk, home births, midwife-led units, obstetric-led/shared care, antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care • Neonatal care for the first 28 days of life CUBS (Cardiff University Bond Solon) Certified Expert Witness

I am competent to accept instructions in all aspects of general practice. I have particular interest in women's health, child health, cancer diagnosis, mental health, care of the elderly and prescribing.

Family Law cases Extensive experience providing assessments of psychological presentation and need • Relationships and attachment between siblings, and between children and their carers • Assessment or mental health and clinical conditions • Provision of full psychological assessment reports, including advice and opinion regarding future support, care provision and prognostics Clinical Negligence cases (particularly brachial plexus injury/Erb's palsy) Extensive experience providing claimant assessments of presentation • ...

Gynaecology with special reference to colposcopy, oncology, uro-gynaecology and surgical gynaecology, and all aspects of general obstetrics and gynaecology